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Old Oct 17, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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My 99 sohc is still popping through intake and I have did just about everything that I know to fix could it possibly be a bad cam? car has 130,000 miles
 
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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Have you pulled it off to take a look?
 
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Old Oct 18, 2006 | 04:02 PM
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my car was doin that for a while...then i ran 2 tanks of good 93 octane gas through it.....hasnt don it since
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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my car runs fine when its cold but as soon as it warms up it starts running like crap and starts popping , but only after it has warmmed up any ideas
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:23 PM
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my car runs fine when its cold but as soon as it warms up it starts running like crap and starts popping , but only after it has warmmed up any ideas
Does it continue to do it and have you pulled the manifold to take a look?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:32 PM
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it does it mostly under acceleration and no i have not pulled manifold off what would i be looking for, sometimes its not that bad and others its unbelievable
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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You are sure it's popping in the manifold? You aren't talking about the valvetrain tick are you?

I was thinking maybe your gasket is messed up.
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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no its poppins through intake, sometimes it blows tube off of tb
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 01:59 PM
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Have you pulled the plugs and checked to see if you have oil on them?
 
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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plugs look new and i dont have any codes
 
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